{"product_id":"comics-and-nation-ewa-stanczyk-9780814214961","title":"Comics and Nation: Power, Pop Culture, and Political Transformation in Poland","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner, 2023 Comics Studies Society Charles Hatfield Book Prize\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eComics and Nation\u003c\/i\u003e offers a fresh perspective on the role of popular culture in the one-hundred-year history of the Polish state, from its foundation in 1918 to the present. Drawing on dozens of press articles, interviews, and readers' letters, Ewa Stańczyk discusses how journalists, artists, and audiences used comics to probe the boundaries of national culture and scrutinize the established notions of Polishness. Critical moments of Poland's political transformation --the establishment of the interwar Polish Republic, the Cold War, the liberalization of the 1970s, the 1989 democratic transition, the turn to memory politics in the 2000s--have all been reflected in the history of Polish comics. Stańczyk offers new insights into how the production of homegrown comics and the influx of foreign works enabled commentators to express their fears, hopes, and disillusionment with political, economic, and cultural changes in Poland and beyond. At its core, \u003ci\u003eComics and Nation\u003c\/i\u003e rethinks the impact of popular culture and transnational exchange on Polish nation building, citizenship formation, and the legitimation of power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ewa Stanczyk\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814214967\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814214961\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/21\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.06h x 5.83w x 0.87d","brand":"Ewa Stanczyk","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44070127239423,"sku":"9780814214961","price":149.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_62d4c0c6-ab92-49e8-8c26-a7bc7d228b80.jpg?v=1685428514","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/comics-and-nation-ewa-stanczyk-9780814214961","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}